Age / Size: 2-0 / 18-24" · Height: 30-50 ft (9-15 m) · Spread: 20-30 ft (6-9 m)

 Crown shape: Conical to spire-like, narrow, with drooping short branches

 Light: Full sun · Soil: Wet organic soils of humus, clay, loam or sand; most productive in blackish peat; adapts to acidic and poor soils · Moisture: Wet to moderately moist; dislikes summer heat · Zones: not stated · Growth rate: Slow-growing

 Flowers / fruit: Seed cones dark purple ripening purplish-brown, 0.75-1.25 in long

 Wildlife & landscape: Important pulpwood species; used as a Christmas tree

 Native range: Subarctic North America and the North Central and Northeastern United States; marshes, peatlands and bogs

 Cautions: Best suited to wetland restoration and naturalized northern settings rather than ornamental planting. Spruce budworm and yellowheaded/greenheaded spruce sawfly are destructive; eastern dwarf mistletoe can deform or kill it.

 Source: NC State Extension

PICK-UP INSTRUCTIONS: All Tree Sale orders are to be picked up at Farmstead Flats (6338 Lovers Lane, Portage, MI 49002) - on April 16th, 2026 (9am-5pm) and/or April 17th, 2026 (9am-12pm)